Green Romanticism and Anna Jameson's feminist ecocriticism.

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Abstract	Abstract This thesis seeks to offer new ways of approaching Anna Jameson's travel narrative Winter studies and summer rambles in Canada (1838). Countering the tendency to simply align Jameson with romantic idealism, this thesis examines the ways in which she challenges idyllic representations of human-nature interactions proposed by green poets like Wordsworth while re-evaluating the sexual division of natural aesthetics in romantic discourse. Critiquing anthropocentric and androcentric ideologies, Jameson attempts to find a rational and philosophical way to appreciate the natural environment and humanity's place within it, resulting in a feminist ethic of care for humans and nonhuman beings alike and an innovative hybrid of the sublime and beautiful. As a complex, dialectical thinker, Jameson responds to Enlightenment and romantic concepts while also anticipating the modern ecological critique of romantic idealism and the concerns of ecofeminism.
Persons	Persons Author (aut): Matthews, Charity Thesis advisor (ths): Hutchings, Kevin
Degree Name	Degree Name Master of Arts (MA)
Department	Department English
DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.24124/2008/bpgub537
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Dissertations and Theses

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Date Created/Date Issued	2008
Publisher	University of Northern British Columbia
Issuance	monographic

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Subject Topic	Subject Topic Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860. Winter studies and summer rambles in Canada. Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation. Ecofeminism. Nature in literature. Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Library of Congress Classification	Library of Congress Classification PR4821.J6 Z64 2008

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